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FOR THE 

FIRST AGENCY, 

UNDEE 

Regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, 

OF SEPTEMBER II, 1863. 

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TERRITORY 



COMPRISED IN THB 



FIRST A.GENOY 



The First Special Agency comprises tlie district of 
the United States West of the Allegheny Mountains, 
known as the Valley of the Mississippi, and extending 
southward so as to include so much of the States of Ala- 
bama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana, as is, or 
may be occupied by National forces operating from the 
North. 

For this Agency the following Local Rules are made 
by the undersigned, and approved by the Secretary of 
the Treasury, under Regulation III. 

Wm. p. MELLEN, 
Supervisifi^ Special Agent, First Agency. 

Cincinnati, December 23, 1863. 



RULE I. 

The First Agency is divided into Districts designated and described 
as follows : 

The Wheeling District comprises that part of the Agency, embraced 
in the State of West Virginia, excepting the counties upon and South of 
the Kanawha River. 

The Lexington District comprises that part of the State of Kentucky 
South of the restricted line, as hereinafter indicated in Rule VII, and 
East of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, excepting the counties 
of Pike, Floyd, Johnson, Lawrence, Carter, and Boyd. 

The Louisville District comprises that part of the First Agency 
North of the State of Tennessee, East of the Louisville and Nashville 
Railroad, which is not embraced in the Wheeling and Lexington Dis- 
tricts, as above described. 

The Cairo District comprises that part of the Agency West of the 
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, North of the State of Tennessee, and 
East of the Mississippi River. 

The St. Louis District comprises that part of the Agency West of the 
Mississippi River, and North of the South line of the State of Missouri, 
except the counties embraced in the Springfield District, as hereinafter 
described. 

The Springfield District comprises the counties of Vernon, Cedar, 
Pt)lk, Dallas, Laclede, Wright, Webster, Green, Dade, Barton, Jasper, 
Lawrence, Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney, Stone, Barry, Newton, 
McDonald, in the State of Missouri, and that part of the State of Arkan- 
sas North of the White River and West of the Big Black River. 

The Helena District comprises the counties of Arkansas, Desha, 



Drew, Chicot, and Ashley, in the State of Arkansas, and also those 
counties in the said State upon and East of the Big Black Kiver, and 
upon and East of the White River, from its junction with the Big Black 
to its mouth, except the counties of Crittenden and Mississippi. Also 
the counties of Tunica, Bolivar, "Washington, and Coahoma, in the State 
of Mississippi. 

The Little Rock District comprises that part of the State of Arkansas 
not included in the Helena and Springfield Districts,, as above described. 

The Knoxville District comprises that part of the State of Tennessee, 
known as East Tennessee. 

The Nashville District comprises that part of the State of Tennessee, 
West of the Knoxville District, and East of the Tennessee River^ and 
so much of Alabama as lies North of the Tennessee River. 

The Memphis District comprises that part ©f the State of Tennessee, 
West of the Tennessee River, the North tier of Counties in the State 
of Mississippi, and Mississippi and Crittenden counties in the State of 
Arkansas. 

The Vicksburg District comprises so much of the State of Mississippi 
as lies North of the mouth of Big Black River and is not embraced in 
the Memphis and Helena Districts, as above described ; and so much of 
the State of Louisiana as lies North of the mouth of Big Black River, 
and East of the Washita.. 

The Natchez District comprises the territory within the lines of 
the army operating from the North, which lies South of the Districts 
above designated. 

II. An Assistant Special- Agent for each District above named will be 
appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury, whose duties, under the 
Regulations, will be prescribed by the letter of appointment, or as may 
be therein directed. 



III. Local Special Agents and Agency Aids will be appointed by the 
Assistant Special Agents for tbeir respective Districts, but in all cases 
these appointments must be forthwith reported to the office of the 
Supervising Special Agent for approval, stating the date when service 
commenced, rate of compensation, and location of each. Compensation 
will in no case be allowed for service performed more than twenty days 
before notice of the appointment is received at the office of the Super- 
vising Special Agent. 

IV. All reports required to be made by Local Special Agents, under 
the Regulations, must be made as therein required, on or before the 
third day of every month, and Assistant Special Agents will remove any 
Local Agent failing in this. 

V. Any Surveyor failing to make the reports required by the Regula- 
tions at the time specified therein, will be promptly reported to the Office 
of the Supervising Special Agent, by the Assistant Special Agent of the 
District, that his default may be at once brought to the attention of the 
Secretary. 

VI. All reports required under the Regulations from Assistant Special 
Agents must be made and forwarded to the office of the Supervising 
Special Agent, before the tenth day of each month. Any failure to do 
this will be reported to the Secretary. 

VII. In order to prevent, under pretense of legitimate trade, the 
conveyance of supplies which are intended for persons in rebellion 
against the Government, or for places under the control of insurgents, 
and also to prevent undue accumulation of goods at points in danger- 
ous proximity to districts under the control of insurgents, it is found 
necessary to restrict, temporarily, the trade with certain parts of States 
not declared in insurrection from which the insurgents could be other- 
wise conveniently supplied ; therefore, no merchandise designed for sale 
will be permitted to go to any place in the State of "West Virginia, on 
or South of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road, between Oakland and 
Grafton, nor to either of those places, nor to any place on or South of 



the North-Western Virginia Kail Road, between Grafton and Parkers- 
burg, nor to either of those places, nor to any place on the South side 
of the Ohio River, between Parkersburg and the mouth of Big Sandy ; 
nor to any place in the State of Kentucky, upon or South of a line 
drawn from the mouth of the Big Sandy to Bowling Green, thence to 
the north-east corner of Logan county, thence along the northern bound- 
ary of Logan, Todd, Christian and Trigg counties to the Cumberland 
River, thence down that River to its mouth, including all that part of 
Kentucky West of said River ; nor to any place in the State of Missouri, 
on or South of the Missouri River, except the counties of St. Louis 
Jefferson, St. Genevieve, Perry and Franklin; except upon and in pursu- 
ance of the certificate of the proper Local Special Agent, and the letter 
of appointment and instructions to such Agent will in all cases indicate 
the amount of merchandise he will be allowed to recommend for his 
district. 

VIII. The only oflSeers authorized to permit the transportation of 
merchandise into such restricted districts, or to any insurrectionary 
State within the First Special Agency, are the Surveyors at Pittsburg, 
Wheeling, Cincinnati, Madison, Louisville, New Albany, Evansville, 
Paducah, Cairo, Quincy, St. Louis, Nashville, and Memphis. 

IX. Family supplies may be permitted to go into restricted districts 
in Loyal States by either of the above named officers in their discretion, 
or by the Local Special Agent most convenient to the residence of the 
family requiring them. 

X. The transportation of merchandise into such restricted districts 
■for sale, will only be permitted upon the certificate of the Local Special 
Agent into whose District it is desired to transport the merchandise. 

XI. No trade, either in buying or -selling, will be authorized in any 
■State declared in insurrection except within lines hereinafter designated, 
•under Regulation IX. 

XII. No sale of merchandise therein can be made except by traders 
.authorized under the Regulations to establish Trade Stores. 



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XIII. Trade Stores will not be established at any place within a State 
declared in insurrection, until it stall be agreed by the Military Com- 
mander of the Department or of the Army Corps District in which- 
sueh place is situated, after conference between him and the Supervising 
Special Agent, or such Assistant Special Agent as shall be designated by 
him for that purpose, that the same may be done. 

XIV. After a place has been so agreed upon, if it is a military post, 
no supplies shall be allowed to go therefrom except upon the permit of 
the proper Local Special Agent, countersigned by the Commander of the 
Post, or some person authorized by him for that purpose. 

XV. The monthly amount of goods that may be permitted to go to 
any trading post, shall be agreed upon between the proper Assistant 
Special Agent and the Commanding Officer of the Army Corps District 
in which such trading post is situated. The maximum amount that may 
be authorized to any individual or firm shall also be so agreed vipon, and 
this shall not exceed $3000 per month, unless the Commanding Officer 
for military reasons desires it to be larger, and if such reasons exist, all 
persons trading there, shall be equally affected thereby. If the monthly 
amount allowed to any Trade Store is not all taken up by the trader 
during the month, he may be allowed all deficiencies, upon any future 
application during the continuance of his authority. 

XVI. Persons living within the lines of national military occupation, 
may obtain Permits for the purchase of supplies at such Trade Stores, 
on application to the nearest Local Special Agent, with a memoran- 
dum in duplicate of the supplies desired, and on making and filing 
with him the affidavit prescribed in Kegulation XVI. The Local 
Special Agent will, on receiving such application and affidavit, in 
case no fraud appear, attach one memorandum of the supplies to 
the application and affidavit, and file the same ; and will attach the 
other memorandum, countersigned by him, to a Permit, and deliver it 
to the applicant, charging and receiving the following fees therefor : 



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If the sum is under $5, lie will dispense with Affidavit 

and Certificate, and only charge for Permit 5 cts. 

If the sum is over $5, and not over $20, he will charge 
for Permit 5 cents, Revenue Stamp on Affidavit, 
5 cents 1" <^*'^- 

If the sum is over $20, and not over $50, Permit 5 
cents, Affidavit 10 cents, Revenue Stamp on Affi- 
davit 5 cents 20 cts. 

If the sum is over $50, and not over $100, Permit 10 
cents, Affidavit 10 cents. Revenue Stamp on Affi- 
davit 5 cents 25 cts. 

If the sum is over $100, Permit 15 cents. Affidavit 10 

cents. Revenue Stamp on Affidavit 5 cents 30 cts. 

XVII. Persons desiring to obtain supplies elsewhere than at the 
nearest Trade Store, will make and file the same application and 
affidavit with the nearest Local Special Agent, and obtain from 
him a certificate and recommendation directed to the Permit Officer 
nearest the place of proposed purchase of supplies ; and the Local 
Special A^ent will grant such certificate and recommendation, and 
charge therefor as follows : 



If the sum is not over $20, for the Revenue Stamp on 
Affidavit 5 cents, do. on Certificate 5 cents, and the 
officer granting Permit will charge 5 cents 15 cts 

If the sum is over $20 and not over $50, for Affidavit 10 
cts., Certificate 10 cts., Revenue Stamp on Certificate 
5 cents, on Affidavit 5 cents, and the officer grant- 
ing Permit 5 cents 35 cts. 

If the sum is over $50 and not over $100, for Affidavit 
10 cts., Certificate 10 cts., Revenue Stamp on Affidavit 
5 cts., on Certificate 5 cts., and the officer granting 
Permit will charge 10 cts 40 cts. 



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If tlie sum is over $100, Le will charge for Affidavit 10 
cents, Certificate 10 cts., Kevenue Stamp on Affidavit 
5 cts., on Certificate 5 cts., and the officer granting 
Permit will charge 15 cts 45 cts. 

XVIII. In order to equalize assessments on all goods transported to 
States and parts of States declared in insurrection, persons obtaining 
permits to purchase family or plantation supplies in States not de- 
clared in insurrection, and to transport the same into States so 
declared, in addition to the fees prescribed, will be required to pay 
five per cent, on the sworn invoice value of such family and plau- 
tation supplies. 

XIX. Trade Stores will be authorized only by the Assistant Special 
Agent of the District in which they are to be established, or upon his 
recommendation by any other Assistant Special Agent in the First Agency, 
or by the Supervising Special Agent. 

XX. No purchase of products of States declared in insurrection 
within the First Agency can be made therein, except under the authority 
to the purchaser provided for in the Regulations. 

XXI. Every authority for the purchase of products shall distinctly 
designate the place at which or the limits of the District within which 
such purchase may be made, and no authority shall be issued to 
parties beyond the limits and boundaries designated in Rule XXIV. 

XXII. Authority to purchase the products of that portion of States 
declared in insurrection within the First Agency, and within the bounda- 
ries named in Rule XXIV, will be given by any Assistant Special 
Agent therein, or at the office of the Supervising Special Agent. 

XXIII. After the designation of boundaries under Regulation IX, 
boats without supplies on board may be cleared by the Surveyor nearest the 
destination thereof, to go anywhere therein, with persons on board autho- 
rized to purchase products within the District to which they are cleared, 
provided that the clearance of each boat for such purpose shall state 



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definitely where it is permitted to go, and shall be eountersigned, with 
the approval of the military oflEicer in command at the place of clear- 
ance nearest to its destination. Boats with supplies on board can only 
be cleared for named places, until after the supplies are discharged; 
after such discharge they may proceed as other baats, under the original 
clearance, but all such clearances shall also be approved by the Com- 
manding Officer at the place of clearance. All clearances must state by 
whom the boat is chartered, if chartered, or for whom it is to transport 
products to market. 

XXIV. The limits and boundaries of the Trade Districts in the 
First Agency after conference with the Generals commanding the De- 
partments therein, are hereby designated as follows, as provided in 
Regulation IX: 

The plantations on both sides of the Mississippi River throughout the 
Agency ; the counties upon and North of the Tennessee River in the 
State of Alabama; the Counties of Warren, Issequena, Yazoo, Washing- 
ton, Sunflower, Bolivar, Coahoma, Tunica, De Soto, Marshall, Tippah 
and Tishamingo, in Mississippi; the Parishes of Tensas, Madison and 
Carroll, in Louisiana ; so much of the State of Arkansas, as lies upon 
and North of the Arkansas River ; all that part of the State of Tennessee 
lying West of the Tennessee River ; and so much of the Counties of 
Stewart and Montgomery as lies North of the Cumberland River ; so 
much of the County of Cheatham as lies North of Harpeth River, Rob- 
ertson, Davidson, and so much of Williamson and Maury as lies North 
of Harpeth River and East of Hillsboro Pike, North of Duck River and 
East of the Alabama and Tennessee Railroad ; Bedford, Rutherford, 
Sumner, Macon, Warren, Coffee ; so much of Franklin as lies East of 
the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad ; Marion, Grundy ; so much 
of Marshall as lies North of Duck River ; so much of Hamilton as lies 
North and West of Tennessee River ; Sequatchie, Knox, DeKalb, Ray, 
Meigs, McMinn, Rome, Blunt, Sevier, Jefferson, Cocke, Greer, 
Washington, Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Hawkins, Hancock, Claiborne,' 
Union, Campbell, Anderson, Morgan, Fentress, Van Buren, Wayne 
and Hardin Counties. 



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XXV. After tlie first fee of fifty cents shall be paid by a boat, 
for a trip clearance, no more than twenty-five cents shall be 
charged under Section XXIX of the Regulations, for any renewal 
thereof upon the same trip. 

XXVI. Of the two months' supplies to be permitted to Sutlers 
under Regulation XIV, only one month of such supplies shall be 
on account of arrearages; and no Post, Division, or Battery Sutler 
shall be recognized by any Surveyor of Customs or other officer 
of the Treasury Department. 

XXVII. Officers will in all cases attach to permits issued by 
them either the original invoices of the merchandise, or certified 
copies thereof (except the item extensions), each one of which shall 
be officially stamped or countersigned by them. 

XXVIII. These rules shall take efiect immediately; but every 
authority to purchase products issued prior to January 5, 1864, shall 
be conditioned that no purchase be made under it until after that date, 
and no boat shall be cleared below Helena under Rule XXIII, before 
that time. 

XXIX. Blank applications, affidavits, and bonds for Trade Stores, 
and authorities to purchase the products of insurrectionary districts, will 
be furnished to any Surveyor applying for them at the office of the 
Agency in Cincinnati, which blanks will be prepared by such Surveyor 
for applicants therefor, and the certificate of the Surveyor as to the 
sufficiency of the sureties upon the bond shall be satisfactory to any 
Assistant Special Agent, to whom the same shall be presented for the 
desired authority. 




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